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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM w. REEVES, oE BRADDocK, BENN'SYLVANIA.

MOLD FOR CONCRETE BURIAL-TOMBS.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,689, dated May 8, 18`94. i

Application filed September 8, 1890. Serial No. 364.319. (No model.)

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Be it knownjhat I, WILLIAM W. REEVES, a

make and use the same, reference being hadY to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of `this specification.

My invention has relation to apparatuses lor molds for forming concrete burial caskets, and consists in certain peculiarities in the construction thereof, substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claim.

The vobject of my invention is to provide an apparatus or mold for forming concrete burial caskets having plane surfaces, which will be extremely simple and cheap in construction and capable of being quickly and easily built up to form a casket and removed from around and Within the casket when the body of the latter has been formed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved apparatus ormold for forming con'- crete burial caskets. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view of the same' showing the concrete therein and the casket being molded and Fig.v 3 is a sectional perspective view of a casket molded in my improved apparatus.

a a are two horizontal timbers arranged parallel with each other a suitable distance apart and d are parallel boards extending horizontally parallel with each other at right angles to said timbers' a.. These timbers a and boards d are secured together at their engaging ends by clamps g, which are madev of metal with sharpened prongs at their ends.

e designates the vertical side boards and f the vertical end boards, which are separably secured together in the manner now to be described. The side boards e, near their ends are formed with inwardly extending projections c which engage the ends of the end board f, and prevent the latter falling outward while the side boards are prevented from falling outward by the boards d engaging their lower ends andbraces g engaging their upper ends, said braceseach having bent ends g2 as shown, and being arranged at the ends and middle of the apparatus.

t' designates a box open at the top and bottom. This box is designed to be placed within the box formed by the side boards e and end boards f and is of such size relative thereto as to leave an intervening space kdesigned to be illed with concrete forming the side and ends of the tomb or casket. This intervening space is covered at the top by strips q heldin place by clamps or hooks r of suitable construction. The boxv is narrowed toward its top, so as to permitit to be removed when the body ofthe casket has been made. This inner box c' is also provided with a traverse brace Z and at each end with a bar 'm having avstrap m. designed to be engaged by a lever o by which it isv removed. Vertical strips g8 resting on the boards a, and having their upper ends about flush with the topsof 4the bars q, are engaged' by the hooked portions g2 of the middle braces g.

In molding a casket by means of my improved apparatus; the lside and end boards are located in proper position, and end braces g are then engaged with the side boards e. A

base h of suitable cement is then formed Within thebox-formed by said side and end boards and the inner box inserted said box restingon said base. filled with concrete the strips q and g3 located in their proper positions and the middle brace g engaged with said strips g3. Aftery the concrete is hardened, which will be in about two or three days from the time it is placed in the mold in its damp state, the

braces g are removed, inner' box t' removed through the medium of the lever o, clamps g disengaged and strips q vand braces g removed'which will permit ot` the side and end boards being separated thereby giving access to the casket.-

After the material of the casket is hardened I preferablyL give it a coat of Portland cernent and after this two separate coats lof asphalt varnish and place a White lining in the interior. vThe bottom of the casket is also provided with a coat of charcoal and lime s covered by a perforated plate t.

The spacesvk are then A suitable lid or coverul of the same Inatey rial as the body of the casket is formed for the latter which when the corpse has been placed in said casket is cemented to the latter, thus forming an air tight casing for the latter.

I-Iaving now described my invention, what I believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein described apparatus for form- -ing concrete burial caskets, consisting of thel horizontal transverse timbers a and longitudinal boards CZ the vertical side boards e engaged at their lower ends by said boards d and having inwardly projecting ribs near their ends, the vertical end boards f ,engaging said ribs, the transverse removable braces g having hook ends engaging theends of said side boards, an inner removablebox adapted In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 3o hereunto atIiX my signature this 6th day ot' August, A. D. 1890.

WILLIAM W. REEVES. [1.. sf] In presence of- CHARLES LARGE, M. E. HARRISON. 

